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Friend's startup password ransom (Scam) - Stowaway - Jan 8, 2018
Dumb friend got scammed by a fake apple caller. They are stuck with
[img]http://fixedit.itxpress.biz/files/2015/01/syskey.png[/img]
Is this guide all we need? Or is there a better way of going at this?
https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/startup-password-hack.231897/
RE: Friend's startup password ransom (Scam) - Sparkfear - Jan 8, 2018
All the scammer has done is enabled his syskey.
Your best and easiest bet would be restore point but you can probably bypass it depending on the OS.
RE: Friend's startup password ransom (Scam) - Nenechi - Jan 8, 2018
I'd try some common passwords first
RE: Friend's startup password ransom (Scam) - Sparkfear - Jan 8, 2018
I have done some quick searches and I hope this can help you further. 🤝
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/619827/how-to-remove-syskey-on-windows-10-first-post/
(Jan 8, 2018 01:33 PM)Hifumi Wrote: I'd try some common passwords first
Also this, the password can be as easy as 123456
RE: Friend's startup password ransom (Scam) - тнe randoм dυтcн gυy - Jan 8, 2018
Maby this can help you out with the problem